An analytical model for reverse automotive production planning and pricing

Xiuli Qu and Julie Ann Stuart Williams

European Journal of Operational Research, 2008, vol. 190, issue 3, 756-767

Abstract: Automotive shredders need a reverse production planning strategy that includes determining at what price to purchase vehicle hulks from different sources. In this paper, we formulate the automotive reverse production planning and pricing problem in a nonlinear programming model, develop an approximate supply function for hulks when adjacent shredders price independently, and compare two hulk pricing strategies in three trends for ferrous metal and hulk prices: constant, increasing and decreasing. The case study results indicate that adjusting purchase price based on hulk composition in coordination with planning for purchasing, storing and processing can increase net revenue by 7-15%.

Date: 2008
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